Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €63.59 and €74.04, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 584 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€63.59 to €74.04
- 81%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ban Samae Dam
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:52First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €71.12Tue15
- about €81.02Wed16
- about €69.47Thu17
- about €76.07Fri18
- about €61.22Sat19
- about €63.42Sun20
- about €62.32Mon21
- about €43.62Tue22
- about €55.72Wed23
- about €67.27Thu24
- about €53.52Fri25
- about €65.07Sat26
- about €51.87Sun27
- about €44.17Mon28
- about €35.92Tue29
- about €39.77Wed30
- about €49.12Thu1
- about €50.22Fri2
- about €46.92Sat3
- about €48.02Sun4
- about €39.77Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Surat Thani. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Surat Thani for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1290 days
- €43.0760 days
- €39.2245 days
- €40.3230 days
- €39.7721 days
- €44.1714 days
- €62.327 days
- €69.473 days
- €71.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €39.22.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 81 percent. The most expensive point is €71.12, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
584 km
508 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
125,133 → 132,040
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 584 km against 508 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Latkrabang, Ban I Chang, Lat Krabang, Hua Hin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from URT into Surat Thani is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Surat Thani
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surat Thani costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Maluan
Most of the points near Maluan open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
The fastest journey from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 4h 8m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 58m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
The cheapest fare from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani is €35.92, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €107.59. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
The cheapest way from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani is by train, at €74.04 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
Fares from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €39.22. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 81 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani, at €43.62. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani, at €35.92 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
1 operators sell services from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani across 1 mode: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
20 percent of the services we sell from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani are direct. The rest connect at Latkrabang, Ban I Chang, Lat Krabang, Hua Hin, with about 63 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani use?
Services from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani by train leave from Bang Nam Chuet railway halt and arrive at Maluan. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ban Samae Dam to Surat Thani on September 14, 2026: 584 km of route against 508 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €35.92, and 4h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Surat Thani a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Surat Thani and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Surat Thani in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ban Samae Dam reaches 5 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 508 km. Surat Thani reaches 33 places in 2 countries, from 268 to 1,074 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ban Samae Dam
- 5Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Surat Thani
Leaving Surat Thani
- 33Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators